July 2010
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June 2010
2 posts
BeerFingers live today or tomorrow
Come hell or NYC BeerFest I’m getting it up before I go tomorrow because I want to keep track of all the beers I’m going to drink. I’ve made sure the database has all the Breweries from the United States and a few from outside of the US. You will still need to add individual beers before you rate the beer.
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May 2010
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WatchI found this on the Business of Software Blog and I think it’s a very compelling way to think about software.
“Focus on what makes the user better”
“Give your users SuperPowers”
“Focus on what the user does, not what you do” - Kathy Sierra
“Help $TYPE_OF_PERSON be awesome at $THING” - Joel’s Spolsky’s Version
Watch“People don’t buy what you do, they buy why you do it.”
February 2010
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My List of books @ Readernaut →
January 2010
2 posts
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How we re-designed HappyHerbivore.com Overview
Here’s my rough outline from my video discussion. Enjoy and please ask questions! And visit HappyHerbivore.com
Systems Administrator
Strong background with all technologies necessary to build and deploy web applications.
Web developement
Casual experience over about a 10 years
Programming: ASP, Coldfusion, and Django
HTML, CSS, Image editing, JavaScript
What where...
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Happyherbivore.com redesign vids
Wordpress is great but the addition of many plug-ins will slow down your website considerably. I’m going to post a few videos about the website redesign and you should expect the first video in the next few days.
December 2009
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Security Theater - it's time to rebel
I think it’s important to try to introduce all American’s to the term “Security Theater.”
Security theater has been defined as ostensible security measures which have little real influence on security whilst being publicly visible and designed to demonstrate to the lesser-informed that countermeasures have been considered. Security theater has been related to and has some...
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Google Public DNS - Surf the web faster
Edit: I've since switched back to OpenDNS after performing long term ping test to both google dns and opendns servers. On average over several days, OpenDNS pings were on average 3-4ms faster at about 9ms.
My home network is switching from OpenDNS to Google Public DNS (http://code.google.com/speed/public-dns/). Because faster is better when it comes to the internet. I don’t know for sure...
November 2009
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A Prosumer's attempt at using a Lightbox
These two pictures illustrate exactly why it’s important to educate yourself about your tools. We buy a 24” light tent for about $60 so that we can photograph my wife’s food. Last night I’m wondering why all the photos are yellow but I ignore it because we’ve determined that we need more light anyways.
After a trip to Home Depot and the JUST BULBS I come home and my...
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Hey Google, send my invites! I can't Wave without...
I absolutely love trying new software and hardware, when I can afford it. I’ve been dying to try Google Wave for months but they’ve so severy limited the invites that few people are using it. My wife and I are rabid consumers of Google products from Google Analytics, Docs, Adwords, and Apps for your domain. Finally get my Google Wave account on October 31st and send invites eagerly to...
September 2009
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Windows 7 File Transfers
Anyone who has ever moved a large number of files knows that the such a simple operation isn’t also, well, simple. The algorithm that is used to estimate file transfer duration must have been created by one of Microsoft’s summer interns. The time remaining just has never made much sense.
Enter Windows 7 file transfers. Time estimates seems to be a little better but the biggest...
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Logical & Simple Application DNS
Are you still using static IPs when you configure software or devices? Do you enter the hostname when configuring applications? Shame on you!
Systems Administrators can use DNS to design logical and simple naming conventions. Most organizations will name servers by location, function and include meta data about the system such as serial numbers and operating system. An example would be...
August 2009
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OpenDNS: Kid Friendly and Security Approved
If you are a concerned parent or IT Manager interested in blocking and/or monitoring what Internet sites are being visited, OpenDNS might be for you. DNS is the service that allows your web browser and computer to access websites.
OpenDNS is totally free but supported with advertising on OpenDNS’s rebranded search results. Begin by registering for an account on OpenDNS’s website...
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My TOP 5 Exchange 2010 improvements
Several years ago when I attended training the instructed swore up and down that Microsoft would make a 32bit production version of Exchange 2007, I politely disagreed. I still smile inside not because she was wrong, but because Microsoft is getting better about ending support for old technologies.
OWA: Full feature support for Firefox and Safari. I made a very public gripe about this in Remond...